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The
old
man
reached
out
a
trembling
hand
and
helped
himself
to
a
cigarette
.
“
I
am
in
your
hands
,
Anna
,
”
said
he
.
“
You
were
always
good
to
me
.
”
“
I
have
not
yet
told
you
the
height
of
his
villainy
,
”
said
she
.
“
Among
our
comrades
of
the
Order
,
there
was
one
who
was
the
friend
of
my
heart
.
He
was
noble
,
unselfish
,
loving
—
all
that
my
husband
was
not
.
He
hated
violence
.
We
were
all
guilty
—
if
that
is
guilt
—
but
he
was
not
.
He
wrote
forever
dissuading
us
from
such
a
course
.
These
letters
would
have
saved
him
.
So
would
my
diary
,
in
which
,
from
day
to
day
,
I
had
entered
both
my
feelings
towards
him
and
the
view
which
each
of
us
had
taken
.
My
husband
found
and
kept
both
diary
and
letters
.
He
hid
them
,
and
he
tried
hard
to
swear
away
the
young
man
’
s
life
.
In
this
he
failed
,
but
Alexis
was
sent
a
convict
to
Siberia
,
where
now
,
at
this
moment
,
he
works
in
a
salt
mine
.
Think
of
that
,
you
villain
,
you
villain
!
—
now
,
now
,
at
this
very
moment
,
Alexis
,
a
man
whose
name
you
are
not
worthy
to
speak
,
works
and
lives
like
a
slave
,
and
yet
I
have
your
life
in
my
hands
,
and
I
let
you
go
.
”
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“
You
were
always
a
noble
woman
,
Anna
,
”
said
the
old
man
,
puffing
at
his
cigarette
.
She
had
risen
,
but
she
fell
back
again
with
a
little
cry
of
pain
.
“
I
must
finish
,
”
she
said
.
“
When
my
term
was
over
I
set
myself
to
get
the
diary
and
letters
which
,
if
sent
to
the
Russian
government
,
would
procure
my
friend
’
s
release
.
I
knew
that
my
husband
had
come
to
England
.
After
months
of
searching
I
discovered
where
he
was
.
I
knew
that
he
still
had
the
diary
,
for
when
I
was
in
Siberia
I
had
a
letter
from
him
once
,
reproaching
me
and
quoting
some
passages
from
its
pages
.
Yet
I
was
sure
that
,
with
his
revengeful
nature
,
he
would
never
give
it
to
me
of
his
own
free
-
will
.
I
must
get
it
for
myself
.
With
this
object
I
engaged
an
agent
from
a
private
detective
firm
,
who
entered
my
husband
’
s
house
as
a
secretary
—
it
was
your
second
secretary
,
Sergius
,
the
one
who
left
you
so
hurriedly
.
He
found
that
papers
were
kept
in
the
cupboard
,
and
he
got
an
impression
of
the
key
.
He
would
not
go
farther
.
He
furnished
me
with
a
plan
of
the
house
,
and
he
told
me
that
in
the
forenoon
the
study
was
always
empty
,
as
the
secretary
was
employed
up
here
.
So
at
last
I
took
my
courage
in
both
hands
,
and
I
came
down
to
get
the
papers
for
myself
.
I
succeeded
;
but
at
what
a
cost
!
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“
I
had
just
taken
the
paper
;
and
was
locking
the
cupboard
,
when
the
young
man
seized
me
.
I
had
seen
him
already
that
morning
.
He
had
met
me
on
the
road
,
and
I
had
asked
him
to
tell
me
where
Professor
Coram
lived
,
not
knowing
that
he
was
in
his
employ
.
”
“
Exactly
!
Exactly
!
”
said
Holmes
.
“
The
secretary
came
back
,
and
told
his
employer
of
the
woman
he
had
met
.
Then
,
in
his
last
breath
,
he
tried
to
send
a
message
that
it
was
she
—
the
she
whom
he
had
just
discussed
with
him
.
”
“
You
must
let
me
speak
,
”
said
the
woman
,
in
an
imperative
voice
,
and
her
face
contracted
as
if
in
pain
.
“
When
he
had
fallen
I
rushed
from
the
room
,
chose
the
wrong
door
,
and
found
myself
in
my
husband
’
s
room
.
He
spoke
of
giving
me
up
.
I
showed
him
that
if
he
did
so
,
his
life
was
in
my
hands
.
If
he
gave
me
to
the
law
,
I
could
give
him
to
the
Brotherhood
.
It
was
not
that
I
wished
to
live
for
my
own
sake
,
but
it
was
that
I
desired
to
accomplish
my
purpose
.
He
knew
that
I
would
do
what
I
said
—
that
his
own
fate
was
involved
in
mine
.
For
that
reason
,
and
for
no
other
,
he
shielded
me
.
He
thrust
me
into
that
dark
hiding
-
place
—
a
relic
of
old
days
,
known
only
to
himself
.
He
took
his
meals
in
his
own
room
,
and
so
was
able
to
give
me
part
of
his
food
.
It
was
agreed
that
when
the
police
left
the
house
I
should
slip
away
by
night
and
come
back
no
more
.
But
in
some
way
you
have
read
our
plans
.
”
She
tore
from
the
bosom
of
her
dress
a
small
packet
.